Students apply math strategies to real-world situations and convert unit measurements. Students apply math strategies to real-world situations and learn to convert between units of measurements.

Brittany Jefferson teaches fifth-graders at Citizens of the World Charter School in Silver Lake. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) What do you think of when you hear the words climate change, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – On a mid-October day, Mr. John Whelan is playing a video on rounding numbers for his class. As the video finishes and Mr. Whelan begins the lesson, Zoey expresses her worries and ...

Through investigating solids, liquids, and gases and the phenomena of dissolving, evaporation, and condensation, students develop models to investigate matter at the particle level.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Learning to use hammers and drills, fifth-grade students at Lexington’s Lansdowne Elementary School used their math skills Wednesday to build a one-room wood-frame house in the gym in just two hours.

Have you ever found yourself stumped by a question that seemed so easy when you were in school? You’re not alone. Many grown adults struggle with some of the basic concepts they learned back in fifth ...

At dinner tables across Florida, parents and their elementary school children are trying to solve a math problem: What’s going on with my kid’s homework? Florida is one of dozens of states that has ...

The students in Dennis Malone's fifth grade class at Wadewitz School sent in these essays for Life Lessons. What I Learned This Year I learned that if I do good in school I will pass. I learned math, ...